Which to use
“interprétation” and “interprétations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,827
- “interprétation” frequency rank
- #10,726
- “interprétations” frequency rank
- 13553
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interprétation | interprétations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’interpréter ou résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de interprétation. |
Same sound, different letters: interprétation vs interprétations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters.
Homophone desk: interprétation vs interprétations
This is the hard kind. interprétation and interprétations are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “interprétation” sits inside “interprétations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interprétation is recorded at frequency rank #2,827, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.sjɔ̃\. interprétations is at rank #10,726, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.sjɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 13553, this pair ranks #400,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of interprétation vs interprétations
Shared letters: aeinoprté. Private to "interprétation": -. Private to "interprétations": s.
"interprétation" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCVCVVC · "interprétations" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interprétation" and "interprétations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "interprétation" or "interprétations" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "interprétation" / "interprétations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "interprétation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interprétations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #400,527 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.